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****************************************************** * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * ****************************************************** > > From: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Call for Papers, AAA 2008 > > Organisers: Haripriya Narasimhan ([log in to unmask]) and > Caroline Wilson ([log in to unmask]) > > Call for Papers: > > Panel title: Gender, Medical Technologies and Body Politics in > South Asia > > It is increasingly being recognized that the global medical > technology industries are shaping the kinds of health care > available in local settings. In South Asia, the medical > technologies and pharmaceutical industries have grown significantly > even within the last five years, but little recent research has > been published on the ways in which these technologies have become > meaningful within the everyday lives of consumers (see Lock and > Kaufert 1998 for a notable exception). Although some important work > has been done with regard to maternal health (Van Hollen, Unnithan) > medical technologies are an important transformative force that is > radically changing understandings of the body, gender and kinship > relationships for men and women at all life stages. This panel > investigates the ways in which these globalized technologies, such > as ayurvedic and unani pharmaceuticals, hormonal pills, and > diagnostic tests, are appropriated in local contexts. Although > these medical paraphernalia are associated with greater consumer > "choice" in health care, the papers examine the type of choices > that are being opened up by these technologies and the ways in > medical technologies increasingly mediate gendered relationships. > The papers should add to knowledge of the following themes: how > does the increased availability of medical paraphernalia provide > choice to men and women in the south Asian context and what kinds > of choices are being opened up? How are these technologies > marketed? How are they appropriated by men and women in the context > of the everyday? In what ways do they augment bodily desires and > opportunities whilst also increasing the possibilities for greater > bodily surveillance and governmentality? How are technologies > transforming ideas of wellness and illness within the household > setting? > > > > Please send your abstracts to the organisers by March 28.. > > > > > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic > communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ > secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm > ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * ***************************************************************